Pratibha Patil was sworn in as India’s first female president.
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Italian Fascist Prime Minister Benito Mussolini was removed from office.
Rear-Admiral Horatio Nelson's attempt to conquest Tenerife, Spain, failed.
Verizon bought Yahoo for $4.8 billion in cash.
Wikileaks published classified information about the war in Afghanistan.
Bob Dylan performed his first electric concert at the Newport Folk Festival.
